Category Archives: Holidays

Easter was great, beautiful morning at church with the family. Pastor Henry and Dan baptized me, many people stayed to watch the baptisms. We had 9 people at the late service all being baptized it was an incredible experience.

Then I came home and before I could start dinner I took poor Echo to the vet.

She had a bordatella shot last week and it seems like she has kennel cough symptoms now 😦 Luckly the new vet I found is amazing and wonderful, they were open Easter Sunday and only charged their regular price. The vet and staff were so sweet and attentive, and they even called the next day to see how she was doing. I’m so thankful to have found them, and Exho seems to be doing much better.

After all that I finally got to making Easter dinner! I didn’t get many photos but we had:

Spiral Ham glazed in Brown sugar and Pineapple
Mac & Cheese

Gluten Free Mac & Cheese

Stuffing

Sautéed Red potatoes

After Dinner, we waited for the food coma to pass and celebrated my Sister’s and James’ Birthdays

Plus I got to see moms little dogs that I don’t get to see often anymore! That’s Noni and Cooper. I didn’t get a pic of Coco but she’s a tiny Maltese that is my dads little girl.

Okay so I still don’t really have an eye for this cute wreath thing but I’m happy with how it came out for now. Hopefully as I keep decorating my wreath I will get a better eye for how to make it look spectacular! Here it is!

Please let me know what you think! And what you think could be done differently!!

I love feeling productive. I have been off for a couple weeks over the holidays and I love keeping busy even when I’m off. This past week I have been catching up on all of life’s little tasks that needed my attention.

Worked on my 2012 bookkeeping to prep for tax time ( I have started trying to get my paperwork in as soon as I have all my W-2’s, rather then waiting till the last minute when I’m much busier. So much less stress)

Cleaned out the chicken coop (this severely annoyed my girls, they proceeded to spend 2 hours moving all the fresh clean hay around after I upset the balance, I think I have the only chickens that hate hay in their nesting boxes)…. ( oh! And they still are NOT laying yet, soon hopefully)

Cleaned out, detailed inside, and washed my car. (It was a disaster, so nice to have it clean inside and out)

I would love to hear in the comments what you have been up to over the holidays!

Okay, on to the real reason for this post: COOKIES!

Peppermint Bark Cookies

This recipe is my base for all my chocolate chip cookies, and I just consistently change what I add in (milk chocolate chips, dark, white, oats, coconut, corn flakes, cocoa nibs, peppermint, etc) I don’t take any credit for this base it’s an adaptation of many tested Internet and cookbook cookies, when I found a combination I liked I memorized it. Here is the base:

Hello, faithful followers! The Infamous Lindsey here for a guest post. I recently, and very happily, made some breaded chicken with a twist (that I came up with myself!) and bottle cap wreath ornaments (that I found on Pinterest)! I kinda forgot to take pictures of the chicken though… heheh, oopsy. Anyways, on to the goodies!

2) Combine breading ingredients in a dish or container and cover chicken with it. Place chicken in the pan and put some extra crumblies on top to make sure it’s well covered and ready to be crispy. If you want, some shredded parmesan on top is super scrumptious.

3) Bake for 20 minutes, flip chicken (maybe add more parmesan… yum!), and bake for another 20 – 25 minutes or until chicken is done.

That’s all there is to it! Super easy and super tasty. I recommend scraping all the gooey Cheez-Its leftovers off the bottom of the pan and snacking on them before anyone else can! My dad actually said it was awesome. Normally he just grunts and shrugs like a teenage boy… Proof that this is the bestest chicken ever! On to the crafty goodies!

(UPDATE FROM DANIELLE @ Filmmakingandcookiebaking-
Lindsey and I made this last week for a small dinner party and my house.

1) Arrange and tack together caps with a dot of glue on the back. Flip over and tack between caps as well for a bit of strength. Try not to make it seen, but if it is the ribbon will cover it later.

2) Snip approximately ¾ inch long bits of ribbon. You’ll need 7 of them. Glue as shown in the next picture… Not entirely sure how to explain it, but it works I swear. If the ribbon is taut, it keeps the wreath together better than just the glue.

3) Loop ribbon at wherever the top of your wreath is for a way to hang it all ornament-like and secure it with glue. (This pic is actually from the finished product so you can also kind of see how I wrapped and secured the ribbon… kind of… as well as the nifty gift tag I made)

4) Wrap ribbon around wreath between the caps to cover any glue dots that may be seen on the front and strategically glue in place on the back as you go. The back doesn’t look entirely too pretty after, but the front is adorable.

5) Add a bow to the front and you’re done. I cheated and made the bow by tacking the ribbon with glue instead of trying to tie it. I added a clear piece of really thin plastic (card stock or construction paper would work too) to the back for a gift tag, but that’s only necessary if it’s a gift or you want to record the year it was made.

Well, folks, that’s all I’ve got for ya today. Hopefully I’ll be back soon for another guest post or for more kitchen adventures with Danielle. Until then, happy cooking and crafting to all and to all a good night. ;P

After the Pioneer Woman posted about this amazing book, I immediately ordered it. Today i used Bridget’s recipes for my cookies and icing, i highly recommend this book. If you don’t have it just start with your favorite sugar cookie dough!

Roll out and cut your shapes! I went and bought pumpkin and leaf shaped cutters for fall.

( sorry it’s upside down, oops)

Bake (of course)

Now for the really fun, creative, choose your colors part! Royal icing for piping and flooding.

Note: this is not a sponsored post, all opinions are my own. I was not contacted nor compensated for this post.

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